The Shaykh’s remarks on the nature of the sutrah

The Shaykh: What is the condition of the sutrah? Does it have to come down from the sky or come up from the ground? Answer, and don’t ramble. Whoever sees the lesson in the actions of others should take heed. How do you not know?

The questioner: It must be in front of him.

The Shaykh: Pay attention to the question. The sutrah must come down from the sky or come up from the ground?

The questioner: It comes up from the ground.

The Shaykh: Ah, look, is this thing that comes up from the ground a sutrah? What is it?

The questioner: It is suspended between the sky and the ground... I do not know if this is a sutrah.

The Shaykh: Listen, Shaykh, do you consider the wall to be the sutrah or not?

The questioner: I consider this to be it.

The Shaykh : Do not deviate.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Do not deviate.

The questioner: You did not answer.

The Shaykh: I am telling you, do you consider the wall to be the sutrah or not? Say no or say yes.

The questioner: No.

The Shaykh: So what is the sutrah?

The questioner : This one.

The Shaykh: Extend your hands to see it. Extend your hand, put your hand here, may Allah bless it, go down to it, look, go down, go down, go down into it, here, this, go down, it is connected to the ground, so it comes down from the sky.

The questioner: It comes down from the sky.